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to the antiquity of the workshop, the other to the fanctiou of the stone 

 relics. Mr. Holmes inclines to the view that th*^y are all refuse, the 

 remains of unsuccessful attempts to make implements, and that the 

 place is not very ancient. In this view he is not followed by all his 

 colleagues. 



In the latter part of September, 1889, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, 

 president of the Union Pacific Railroad, announced the finding of a 

 clay image during the boring of an artesian well at ISTampa, Idaho, a 

 station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, 20 miles from Boise City, 

 about half way between Boise City and Smoke River, being 7 miles 

 from the former and 12 miles from the latter. This region is covered 

 with deposits of lava rock belonging to late Tertiary or Quaternary 

 times. 



Beneath these lava deposits in California occur much gold-bearing 

 gravel, and it was therein that Professor Whitney found the Calaveras 

 skull. 



The finding is thus described by Professor Wright: In boring the 

 well, the surface soil was penetrated CO feet to the lava rock, which 

 was found to be 20 feet thick. Below this for 200 feet were alternate 

 beds of quicksand and clay j then coarse sand was struck from which 

 the image came up. Below this was vegetable soil and then sand rock. 

 The image therefore lay buried to the depth of about 300 feet beneath 

 deposits which had accumulated in a lake formed by some ancient ob- 

 struction of the Snake River Valley, and over this accumulation there 

 had been an outflow of lava sufiicient to cover the whole and seal it up. 

 The image is carved out of soft pumice-stone and has a coating of red 

 oxide of iron. 



The subjoined list comprises the principal publications of the year 

 in tnis department : 



Ancient stone implements, India, Ball. Ancient village sites in the 

 District of Columbia, Proud fit. Antiquities of Chili, Reed. Antiqui- 

 ties of man in America, Abbott. Archieology, Powell. Archaeological 

 glossary of the Middle age and of the Renaissance, Gay. Archaeology 

 in Europe, Cotteau. Archaeology of Alabama, Holmes. Arch.iiology 

 of Canada, Boyle. Archaeology of Finisterre, Du Chatelier. Archae- 

 ology, Mexico, Seler. Archaeology, Nicaragua, Bovallius. Archaeology 

 of North America, Haynes. Archaeology of Ohio, Read. Archaeology 

 of France, Mas d'Azil, Dresch. Archaeology of Servia, Kanitz. Arch- 

 aeology of Venezuela, Ernst. Bronzes discovered in Crete, Frothingham. 

 Burial mounds, Thomas. Byzantine archaeology, Diehl. Caches of flint 

 implement, Smith. Chronology of the human period, Davis. Cup-stones 

 in Perthshire, Gow. Egyptian archaeology, Maspero. Egypt in time of 

 Pharaohs, Loret. Emblematic mounds, Peet. Fort Ancient, Ohio, 

 Moorehead. Geologic antecedents of man in Potomac Valley, McGee* 

 Greek archaeology. Smith. Guatemala sculptures, Bastian. Hallstatt 

 iu Austria, its civilization, Hoernes. Human remains in England. 



